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The Oracle, December 12, 2002
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Pizza hunger benefits
By Kathy Vitale
November 4th marked the beginning of the first annual Wheel pizza philanthropy, sponsored by the women of Delta Delta Delta. The Wheel Pizza Company helped make the event a success: "Make your Meal at the Wheel",a pizza eating contest, which benefits St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, kicked off to a steady start. The winner of the fraternity and sorority, who had eaten the most pizza, would win a free party bus rental for one night.
Fraternities, sororities, and the public participated by buying slices of pizza. Jackie Smid, Delta Delta Delta's philanthropy chair said, "our goal was to get as many people involved i the greek comunity and outside the community to all help one great cause." Each slice of pizza would give twenty-five cents to St. Jude's Research Hospital.
During the week long event, the members of Delta Delta Delta kept tallies to record how many slices of pizza were purchased. The winning soririty, Alpha Gamma Delta and winning fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, were among the many that participated in the philanthropy. Overall, thir hunger for competition kept their pizza-eating totals above other greek houses.
New members already making a difference
The Panhellenic Association brought almost all of the 2002 recruited new members, including the members of newly founded Zeta Tau Alpha to the Union for philanthropy projects on Nov. 18th. New members were divided into groups with other members from different chapters and worked on several tasks."Last semester the new member educators gathered and decided to hold a new member event, so we decided to do a community service wide project where there would be opportunities for discussion about Greek community, Panhellenic, and new member issues," said Kendra Buscho, Alpha Chi Omega VP of Education.
By Lindsey Woerther
The event also encouraged new members to develop friendships outside of their chapters. "I met so many women through recruitment, and it was fun to reunite with them and see how they were doing," said Kasi Voorhis, Alpha Chi Omega freshman.
Participants painted wooden toys and decorated cookies while making holiday cards for area children. The women dropped off can donations at the door and had a chance to make ocular covers for children's vision tests. New members also pinned pink ribbons to cards for Breast Cancer Awareness. Charities that benefited from the projects were the Boys and Girls Club, the Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald house, Center for Community Outreach, and local Lawrence Schools. "I'm glad that I could put my time toward helping those less fortunate," said Kaitlin Stout, Kappa Kappa Gamma freshman. "It's neat to see so many people coming together for the same cause." New members jumped at the chance to help out and give a few hours for charity.
The evening's success created a good foundation to build on in the future. "Overall, I think it was a good idea," said Amanda Lee, Sigma Kappa freshman. "They should do it again next year because it's a great way for new members to find out about philanthropies they might not have otherwise known about."
With an impressive turn out for the new member philanthropy, news members were able to enjoy wmoen from every chapter. Photo by Ashley Lynd
New members of different chapters participate in a group activity. Photo by Blair Lawrence
Women from different chapters use their artistic styles during a new member philanthropy event. Photo by Blair Lawerence.